Community Notices

Town & Country to replace Weick’s Foodtown, Gun Lake

The ownership of Weick's Foodtown at Gun Lake is changing hands this week. The grocery store will be closed Tuesday to complete inventory and change of signs, then reopen for…

Editor June 11, 2018

Community Notices

Authorities believe body is that of missing Delton man

Barry County Sheriff's authorities believe they may have found the body of a Delton area man reported missing last month. A body was found in a wooded area not far…

Editor June 11, 2018

Community Notices

Chris Rupke wins Brenner Outstanding Teacher award

Chris Rupke (left) has been selected as this year's winner of the Katheryn Lorraine Brenner Outstanding Teacher Award. Rupke is an elementary art teacher. The honor is bestowed annually in…

Editor June 8, 2018

Community Notices

Authorities ask for help finding missing Delton man

by Austin Marsman The Barry County Sheriff's Department, family, and friends are asking for help to find a missing Delton man. David Lukins has not been heard from since Sunday,…

Editor June 8, 2018

Community Notices

Wayland teachers’ 4.5% pay increase seen as overdue

The some 160 teachers in the Wayland Union Schools will get a 4.5% pay increase in the 2018-19 academic year and a 2.5% bump in the following year. Wayland school…

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Gun Lake Tribe’s local spring payments over $2 million

The Gun Lake Tribe has announced local revenue sharing payments this spring have amounted to more than $2 million in casino money. The State of Michigan received $4,268,003, the Local Revenue…

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Construction projects at WHS start later this month

Wayland Union Schools will begin construction on projects at the high school in mid-June. The projects are part of the $19.25 million bond passed by voters in November 2017. …

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Second applicant expressing interest in city council post

Word on the street is that a second candidate may be applying for the soon to be vacant seat on the Wayland City Council. Councilwoman Jennifer Antel was circulating a…

Editor June 5, 2018

Community Notices

Natural gas well capped on school-owned property

There's been lot of activity on the property off Wildcat Drive north of 133rd Avenue and across from the Wayland Union Schools' Transportation building. The property, owned by the Wayland…

Editor June 5, 2018

Community Notices

Wayland Union Schools’ summer projects outlined

Wayland Union Schools uses public improvement funds from Gun Lake Casino revenue sharing to improve the district’s facilities every summer. This year, the district plans to install new digital signs…

Editor June 4, 2018